Love in the Limelight (Astrid and Elio)

Chapter 462

Larry's knees nearly buckled, his voice shaking as he stuttered, "Sir, I... I didn't mean that... I'll deliver © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

your message to Dale at once."

"Good, I wish to see Astrid in person." After Johnnie finished, Larry stumbled out of the room in a hurry.

Johnnie sauntered over to his easel, splashing water on a blank canvas.

Seconds later, a face slowly began to appear. It was Astrid.

Johnnie reached out, gently tracing the woman's face on the canvas, and chuckled, "Elio, Elio, it's not

just your CEO position I want, but your woman too."

He then pressed down harder, his fingernail tearing through the damp canvas, and the portrait was

ruined.

Astrid was spending the day at home with her son, Roman. They had just finished lunch when Elio

arrived, arms laden with shopping bags.

Curious, Roman rummaged through the bags and exclaimed, "Elio, why did you buy so many clothes?"

Elio replied, "They're not for you, they're for your mother."

Roman looked annoyed which made Astrid ruffle his hair, "Don't be mad, Roman. Elio's taste is awful

anyway. I'll take you shopping for matching outfits, just the two of us, without him."

Roman immediately brightened up, "Yes!!!"

Elio was left speechless.

After they had put the clothes away and Roman had gone for his nap, Elio turned to Astrid, "You're

meeting with Johnnie?"

"Yep." Astrid bit into an apple, munching contentedly.

Elio said, "I can handle him. You don't need to get involved."

Astrid retorted, "You deal with your problems, I'll deal with mine. If you want to help, I'm all for it. If you

want to interfere, there's the door."

Elio was taken aback, "Johnnie is quite cunning. I'm not worried about you not being able to handle

him, but I'm worried he might disgust you."

Astrid laughed, "Disgust me? Who does he think he is?"

Elio nodded, "Just be prepared."

Astrid scoffed, "Who am I? I'm Astar! Who can disgust me?"

Seeing her confident smirk, Elio ruffled her hair, "Don't blame me for not warning you."

Astrid slapped his hand away, "Off with your paws! We have a meeting with Lucas tomorrow. Let's see

if we can arrange a transfer for him today, to avoid any unnecessary complications."

"Alright, Carson is waiting in the car. I'll call him up to look after Roman." Once Carson was upstairs

with Roman, they left the house.

To avoid attracting attention, they both wore hats and masks.

As they stood outside the ICU, Astrid peered through the glass door at Lucas lying on the bed.

Lucas was lying there, completely unharmed. He glanced at her once before closing his eyes.

Just as she was about to step inside, she noticed Lucas's fingers were twitching, tapping out

something.

She held up a hand to stop Elio, while she focused on Lucas's hand. After a few seconds, she realized

what was happening! It was Morse code!! Lucas was warning - Leave now, it's dangerous!